Ok, I obviously didn't get done by my deadline… and I'm afraid I won't be able to do my old 2-3 chapters a week updating now that collage has started again. But don't worry guys, I will finish this one. Even if it takes until thanksgiving break, this story will be complete. Thanks for your patience.
Campy – Thanks, I was really worried about that, and I must say, it was a lot harder to write than the fluff from my other chapters.
Zaratan – Again, thanks for the encouragement, I always look forward to your reviews. And I'm really glad you like it.
Ron-sama - … Ok, that is a plot hole I honestly didn't foresee, so I'm going to cop out and say she only has enough to slightly increase her abilities, but not enough to wield the Lotus Blade. MMP obviously has a strong effect on a person. I mean look at Ron, who many would've considered a joke of a fighter before the power, now he is pretty decent, with no formal training either. Thanks for pointing that one out. I'll do my best to fix that little hole in the next chappies
Drakwolfstoppable – Oh yes, sensei did mess up; we'll see what problems that brings soon.
MrDrP – Sensei's still convinced that Ron would have to stay with Yori to save the world. But we'll all see what that type of thinking will bring, quite soon. I know he's a bit ooc, but I honestly couldn't think of any better way to write for him. Thanks for the encouragement, and I also am loving your Epic Sitch story, can't wait for the next chapter, keep it up.
Desert Fox – Well, if I let Kim win, that could end the story almost too easily. Don't worry, Kim will get her chance. And thanks for the update on the Disney news; I had read some stuff on that at saveDisney dot com. I think the only thing that really worries me is that I don't know where the artists and creators of KP are right now, if they've all moved on to other projects, I think getting a new season of Kim might be a little hard to do. But, here's hoping that the 65 ep rule is abolished, and we never have another travesty like this ever again.
continental-line – Yes, he could've done that. Depending on your POV it might have been more in character, and would've been a smarter decision on Ron's part. Right now he seems to want to protect Kim so badly, he'd do anything absolutely anything to do that. Or maybe he's just not seeing the consequences of his actions, this is Ron we're talking about after all. Thanks for the very useful feedback; I'll keep this comment in mind as I write for Ron in the future.
Kim quickly ran to her gym bag she had brought with her and quickly dug out her Kimmunicator from under her spare clothes and towel. She was almost in a frantic rush, as she had completely forgot she had just been in a very intense fight, that her entire right side was throbbing with pain, and she probably needed medical attention, but none of that mattered, she needed to get to Ron. She hit her reply button, and was relieved to see the young computer genius on her screen. "Wade!"
"Hey Kim, I know…" Wade's eye's nearly shot out of his head as he saw Kim's condition, her face looked bruised, and red, one the verge of bleeding everywhere. "Whoa, Kim, what happened to you?"
Kim immediately waved off the boys comment on her appearance. "Just a fight Wade, not important. Right now, can you locate Ron for me with his chip?"
Wade sighed reluctantly, knowing he was supposed to take out that chip. "Kim, you know I-"
Kim was obviously getting frustrated, she practically screamed at Wade when he wouldn't give her the information she needed. "Now Wade! Where is he!"
Wade shrunk back at the verbal assault, even though he was thousands of miles away, Kim still struck fear in the boy when she was like this. With a few button presses a map appeared on the screen with a red dot highlighting Ron's position. "You can see, he's about a mile north-north-west of your position, and moving away slowly."
Kim placed her hand on her hip, and got lost in her thoughts. "Good, they aren't moving too fast, it shouldn't be hard to catch up with them."
As Wade saw she had calmed and wasn't attacking him anymore, and decided to bring up the original point that he had called about. "Also Kim, you told me to keep tabs on some of the usual villains and take over the world stuff. Well, it's seems Monkey Fist is on the move again. Stealing artifacts and ancient text's, and you'll never guess where he was spotted last.
"Japan," Kim stated flatly, still lost in thought.
Wade was baffled she already knew the answer. "W-well, yeah. Oh, but you'll never guess what all those text's have in common."
Again, Kim replied flatly, almost uninterested. "Either something to do with the Lotus Blade, a man named Toshimeru, or a certain 'chosen one's prophecy'."
"How the heck did you already know that?"
Kim couldn't take it anymore; she almost broke down again, suddenly on the verge of tears. "They took him Wade! Monkey Fist came here and took Ron! I've got to get him back. But I can't take all those monkey ninja's by myself. And with Fist's new monkey power… I need help."
"Oh man Kim.." A familiar sound interrupted the boy's thoughts, implying that Wade had new e-mail. He took a moment to scan the contents and about grinned from ear to ear after he had finished. He smiled reassuringly back at Kim, "Don't worry Kim, we're gonna get Ron back. You sit tight, and I'll get you that help you need as soon as I can. Wade out."
Before Kim could ask about what type of help Wade would send, he had shut off his end of the Kimmunicator. Kim had other things on her mind anyway, so she just shut off the device and threw it back in her bag, feeling a bit better now that she knew Wade had her back.
Sensei walked up beside Kim, showing no expression, but tried to offer some advice for the emotionally distraught teen. "Fear not Miss Possible, they will all come back. The prophecy must still…"
"Shut up!" Kim yelled out, cutting off sensei rather rudely. She took one step towards the master, to emphasize her point. "All you can talk about is the prophecy, like it's written in stone, and nothing in this world is going to change that. Well I'll tell you, the only think I know for sure right now is that I love Ron, and I'm going to help him with or without your consent. If he is destined to be with Yori, fine. But I'm not going to give up without a fight!"
Sensei was left speechless, never had he been spoken to like that. He was almost offended, if it hadn't been for the passion he saw if her eyes, if he hadn't felt the pure love for Ron coming from her during that outburst.
"Well spoken Kim Possible, I hope you have the passion to back that up." Both pairs of eyes turned to meet the new voice that seemed oddly familiar to Kim. There were 8 of Yamanuchi's students standing in a far off distance away from Kim and Sensei, they had seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
Sensei immediately spoke up, "Hirotaka! You are not supposed to be here."
Kim's eye's furrowed at the group, as she began to recognize one of the students. "Hirotaka?"
The group walked up to the pair, no expression crossing their faces, until their apparent leader, the one known as Hirotaka gave a courteous bow to Kim. "Miss Possible, it is good to see you again."
Sensei had finally composed himself from Kim's earlier outburst, and the intrusion of Hirotaka and his friends had given Kim a distraction so her anger was no longer focused on him. "Hirotaka, you and your friends have blatantly disregarded my orders."
Sensei was going to go on about a punishment, but Hirotaka cut him off. "I disagree Sensei, you ordered that no one was to be involved with the fight, and we were to stay away until things have calmed down. As you can see, there is no longer a fight here, and we have not interrupted anything. We have simply… observed Monkey Fist as he escaped. We have a few scouts following him." Sensei glared at the young warrior, knowing he was correct in his actions. "We are sorry if we have offended you in anyway Sensei."
Sensei was again left speechless, in all his years had anyone ever had the gall to speak to him in such a manner, and here two of his own students had done so in a manner of a few minutes. As Sensei recollected himself, Hirotaka once again addressed Kim. "Kim-san, did you happen to see where Monkey Fist escaped too? We must hurry if we are to recover what was lost."
Hirotaka had a forlorn look in his eyes as he spoke that was not lost on Kim; he obviously had some personal reason for wanting to help her. Through she decided that was a question she could save for later, now she needed to get to Ron. "Yeah, Wade tracked them about a mile north-north-west of here, moving away. I think we can catch them if we hurry."
"I agree. And since I assume you will be coming with us, we shall move as soon as you are attended to." Kim nodded seriously, nothing was going to keep her from this fight, and Heaven help anyone who would try to stop her. Hiro nodded to one of his female companions, who was holding a small black bag that looked to have a few medical supplies that would be adequate to temporarily deal with Kim's wounds. The two females left the group, so Kim could prepare for battle. The rest of the group scattered to get ready for their short journey, leaving Sensei and Hirotaka alone to converse.
Sensei was the first to speak. "I hope you realize I wash my hands of this entire manner. I believe you are being selfish, and all of your efforts today will be futile."
Hirotaka's expression remained solemn. "Yes Sensei, I do."
"Yori is destined to be bonded with Ron Stoppable, we know no bond stronger than that of love, trust and marriage. All the elders have already discussed this was the best way. Even if you do manage to bring them back, your misguided love cannot change destiny."
"I know this as well Sensei. But I must try all the same." Hirotaka stood proud and defiant in front of his master, refusing to move from his position on this topic.
"Very well then." Sensei turned his back to his students and walked back toward the main area of the school. Only just before he vanished out of sight, did a small whisper barely escape his lips. "Good luck, my children."
Around this time Kim came back, dressed in her normal mission clothes, her head had a bandage around it, and her sides were taped up along the bottom part of her shirt and midriff to prevent her ribs from being hurt anymore. But all her injuries didn't matter. Kim was confidant, she was powerful, and she was going to kick some monkey butt.
Hirotaka summoned all his friends, and they moved out of the school in the direction of Monkey Fist.
Kim and Hirotaka's trope hiked through the wilds around Yamanuchi, in an attempt to catch up to Monkey Fist. They hadn't started very long after Fist left the school, so Kim hadn't thought it would take them long to catch up to Ron. What she didn't take into account is the mountainous terrain of the land that severely slowed down their travel time, and that Fist and his ninja's could easily leap from tree's, making their journey all the easier. The one advantage they had, was that Fist seemed to take no precautions in covering his trail, snapped branches and the occasional monkey hairs were strewn about all along their path, making it easy to follow his trail. Apparently Fist had either, not expected to be followed, or more likely, would not need Ron and Yori for very long.
Kim looked to her side, where Hirotaka walked, his face seemed stoic, but his eye hid a large amount of anguish and grief. Kim couldn't help but think there was some other reason he was coming along with her. She decided to start out with some small talk; maybe the conversation could lead her to some clues. "So… Hirotaka." Hirotaka turned to face Kim at the mention of his name, his face never changed, but Kim flashed him a bright smile. "You know, I haven't heard about you from Bonnie, have you all kept in touch at all?"
Hirotaka's stoic face was replaced by one of confusion. "You'll have to forgive me Kim, it has been a while since I was last in Middleton. Who was Bonnie?"
Kim raised an eyebrow at his question. "You know, Bonnie. Short Brown hair, your 'number one girlfriend'?" She even used the air quotes around girlfriend, just to see if she could drag out his memory.
Hirotaka's eyes shown in realization, he laughed lightly from Kim's expressions. "Oh, her. No, I never expected to hear from her again. You see, that trip was just a mission from the school to see what Stoppable's life was like. I was supposed to get to know his friend, enemies and the like, which was one of the reasons I spent a lot of time with you and… Miss Monique I believe her name was." Kim simply nodded, listening intently to his story of why he came to Middleton. "Except I began to notice that you and she, who had been good friends, were fighting over me. I couldn't allow myself to be the cause of a break in trust like that, so I decided to appear involved with a girl both of you disliked, and whom would not try to find this school after my stay, Bonnie was the perfect choice. And she did not care as long as other girls continued to admire her."
Kim smiled at his analysis of the sitch back then, he really knew what was going on, far beyond what she had realized at the time. "Wow. I guess I should thank you then, I don't think I would've been friend with Monique for this long if you hadn't done all that. I guess we were being silly." She smiled flirtatiously at the Japanese boy. "Though she was right, you do still have really cool hair."
Hirotaka's smile at the memories quickly turned to a frown. "While I appreciate the compliment Kim, I must remind you that you have someone you love that needs saving." He sighed, and added quietly, "and so do I."
Kim instantly felt guilty for her flirting, she had just tried to cheer the boy up a little. But Hirotaka's comment apparently wasn't quiet enough, because Kim quickly put the evidence together and shook away her guilt. "What? You mean Yori?" Kim did a quick double take at this confirmation of her previous thoughts. "Wait, if she has you why is she practically throwing herself at Ron?"
"She, like Sensei has been blinded by the prophecy, accepting it without thought." Hirotaka's face writhed in anger before calming down after a moment, and looked at Kim with forlorn eyes. "But I know in my heart that she and I and destined to be, just as you and Stoppable-san are."
Kim's heart fluttered at the thought of being with Ron forever, but her thoughts quickly went negative as she remembered she first needed to get him back. "Well… thanks again Hirotaka. That's two of my relationships you've helped keep together, thank you."
Hirotaka's eyes narrowed alert to something that Kim had obviously missed. "Do not thank me yet." Everyone in their group leapt into a battle stance as two black blurs leapt from the tree in front of them. Everyone relaxed though as they noticed the two human figures wearing the Yamanuchi ninja garb.
The two quickly said something in Japanese that Kim couldn't make out. The only words Kim could understand from the group were the names "Yori" and "Monkey Fist" leading her to believe that these were the scouts that had been sent ahead earlier.
Hirotaka frowned at the information and resumed walking toward their destination, although a bit faster now. He turned back to Kim to give her the information. "It seems Monkey Fist is residing in a cave just over the next ridge. Most of his monkey army is just outside the entrance."
At the sound of this Kim instantly went into mission mode. "Let's do this." Her face hardened seriously as they climbed the ridge and caught a glimpse of the caves entrance, and the multitudes of monkey ninja guards surrounding it.
Within the cave at that moment Ron and Yori were both just beginning to come around. Monkey Fist had his back to the two, who and been thrown unceremoniously against the rock wall. They had been bond together tightly with rope that went around both their bodies and kept them from any sort of free movement. Ron groaned as he fully awoken, alerting Fist to his now conscious state.
"Ah Stoppable, glad to see you are awake. It just wouldn't do to finish you off if you weren't to bare witness to the birth of my destiny. Monkey fist turned around, an evil smirk across his face. In Fist's hands he held the powerful Lotus Blade, and he pointed the tip menacingly at Ron's nose.
"No more monkey games Fist, what do you want with me and the Lotus Blade?" Ron stared down Monkey Fist, showing no fear as the sharp blade threatened to impale him with a simple flick of Fist's wrist.
Fist snarled at the boy. "I want what should have been mine all along. You're destiny! For some reason, fate has decided that you shall be the chosen one to fulfill the prophecies, and not I, the true master of Tai Shing Pek Kwar." Fist stood with the blade to his side, staring down at the two teens. "With the help of the Lotus Blade, I'll destroy you, and claim my rightful place as the ultimate monkey master!"
Fist let out his monkey like howls of laughter, causing Ron to wince at the sound as it echoed through the cave. "Fine, fine. Do with me what you will. Just promise to let Yori go. I don't want anyone to get hurt cause of me."
Fist chuckled, a bit more humanlike this time around. "Boy, you just don't see the big picture do you? The prophecies must be fulfilled, with you gone, the lovely Yori here shall become my bride and allow me to escape a fate worse than death itself."
Yori had an absolutely disgusted look on her face, she was about to oppose such a notion that she would ever consider such a thing, but Ron answered for her. "No way, you said Yori was just insurance so no one would follow us, that you wouldn't hurt her!"
Fist smiled evilly at the two. "I lied" Fist leaned his arm back, preparing to slice Ron's head off his shoulders. "Farewell, Ron Stoppable. And don't worry, as soon as my business here is concluded, I'll be sending Miss Possible to keep you company on the other side."
As Fist began his swing, Ron's head was suddenly filled with memories of Kim, all the good times and the bad that they'd shared at Pre-K. The time they first met in the playground, when she had protected him from Arnie Bunker after he'd hit him with the slingshot for calling Kim names, their first mission, their first encounter with Drakken and Shego, finally ended at Prom, with that one magical kiss and when they finally said they loved each other. In the matter of an instant Ron had a new resolve, he would not abandon Kim, not in death, not like this. He had to survive, for Kim.
Ron leaned back as the blade was within inches of Ron's neck. Ron feet shot out, he managed to kick the blade away from Fist's grip, and lodge it in the side of the wall. Monkey Fist glared at Ron for only an instant. He turned his back on them though to retrieve the Lotus Blade. "Very cleaver boy, but you're luck won't save you forever. You're trapped here, with no escape, and no hope of esca…"
Suddenly there was a large commotion of Fist's ninjas screaming, the sounds of a battle being waged resonated from outside the cave. Suddenly five monkey ninja's flew inside the cave, landing rather harshly on one of the far walls, heaped over in a state of unconscious.
Two figures stepped into the cave, taking slow movements toward Fist as he reached for the Lotus Blade. Suddenly both Ron and Yori recognized their two heroes at the exact same time.
"KP!"
"Hirotaka!"
Fist finally reached the sword, and turned back to the would-be heroes. "Ah, Kim Possible, I didn't expect you to find me this quickly. And I can see you've resorted to asking for help? It seems the girl can't do anything, with out help."
Venom dripped from Fist's last comment, but Kim promptly ignored it. "Fist I don't know what you're up to, but it ends now, you've seriously crossed the line on this one." Kim looked at Hirotaka and nodded. "You untie Ron and Yori, I'll handle Fist."
Just then, the five monkey ninjas that flew in earlier were beginning to regain consciousness. Fist quickly ordered them. "Make sure those two stay bounded together until I'm ready for them." The ninja's obeyed and took a defensive position around the two prisoners as Kim and Monkey Fist squared off.
There looked to be the start of an epic battle, as the two warriors stared each other down. But suddenly, a rumbling noise caught everyone's attention. It started out slow at first, but it kept getting louder and louder, and it was rhythmic, almost like, footsteps.
Monkey Fist's hair was visibly standing on end. "Oh no! Not now, it can't be! I was so close!"
Kim looked quizzically at the ape like villain. "It can't be who? What's coming?"
Kim's questions were answered when a huge dark figure ran in through the cave's entrance. No features could be made out, except that it was huge and hairy. Until it decided to speak the sole reason it came to this location. "Honey Bunny!"
"Noooo!" Monkey Fist screamed in horror and disbelief.
Most of the other's, especially Hirotaka looked beyond confused at the figure and Monkey Fist's reaction. Kim finally decided to speak up for what everyone was thinking at that moment. "DNAmy? What are you doing here?"
Ah! Finally done with this chapter. Again I profusely apologize for taking so long to write. But as most everyone knows, when school kicks in, that takes priority. As do bill payments and other erroneous things we all must do in life. So, as I said before, I can't guarantee when the next chapter will be written, only that it will be written. I hope that'll be soon. Away, thanks for reading; I hope to hear some good reviews soon.
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